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rgbecker

(4,820 posts)
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 01:41 PM Dec 2017

You'll want to have this scorecard at the ready over the next couple of months.

US Presidential line of sucession:

No. Office Current officer
1 Vice President Mike Pence (R)
2 Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan (R)
3 President pro tempore of the Senate Orrin Hatch (R)
4 Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (R)
5 Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin (R)
6 Secretary of Defense James Mattis (I)
7 Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R)
8 Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke (R)
9 Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue (R)
10 Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross (R)
11 Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta (R)
12 Secretary of Health and Human Services Eric Hargan (R)[a]
Acting
13 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson (R)
– Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao (R)
14 Secretary of Energy Rick Perry (R)
15 Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos (R)
16 Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin (I)
17 Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke (I)[a]
Acting

This listing assumes that acting officers whose prior appointment required Senate confirmation are eligible for the line of succession. See Acting officers below.
Not a natural-born citizen (acquired U.S. citizenship by naturalization) and thus ineligible for the Presidency.



Excuse me, I need to go throw up.

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You'll want to have this scorecard at the ready over the next couple of months. (Original Post) rgbecker Dec 2017 OP
Not a single trustworthy person. Sneederbunk Dec 2017 #1
Only one on there that I would consider acceptable but not ideal, is James Mattis Pachamama Dec 2017 #2
Pretty sad when the "most trusted" guy is named Mad Dog... Wounded Bear Dec 2017 #3
Sigh.... Pachamama Dec 2017 #4

Pachamama

(16,884 posts)
2. Only one on there that I would consider acceptable but not ideal, is James Mattis
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 02:01 PM
Dec 2017

Of any name on that list, he is the only one that I would say is not corrupt and has any leadership skills. I know some might say that having a military man being the Commander in Chief would be better than someone like Trump in making military decisions, but I don't think he has any diplomatic experience. Certainly management experience.

Then again, it would be hard to be worse than Trump - in anything....

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